School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434): School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) was 12.68 million in 2024. ▲ Rising
School age population, upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), 1970–2024
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2024, school age population, upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) stood at 12.68 million.
The figure is down 2.5% on the previous year and down 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, school age population, upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) peaked at 13.13 million in 2017 and was at its lowest, 4.27 million, in 1970.
That places ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) 133rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 55 years of available data.
School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 4.27 million | — |
| 1971 | 4.38 million | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 4.51 million | +2.9% |
| 1973 | 4.64 million | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 4.78 million | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 4.91 million | +2.7% |
| 1976 | 5.01 million | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 5.06 million | +0.9% |
| 1978 | 5.20 million | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 5.27 million | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 5.29 million | +0.4% |
| 1981 | 5.34 million | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 5.31 million | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 5.38 million | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 5.49 million | +2.0% |
| 1985 | 5.60 million | +2.1% |
| 1986 | 5.70 million | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 5.79 million | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 5.91 million | +2.1% |
| 1989 | 6.07 million | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 6.20 million | +2.1% |
| 1991 | 6.27 million | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 6.36 million | +1.5% |
| 1993 | 6.26 million | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 6.41 million | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 6.60 million | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 6.83 million | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 7.08 million | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 10.86 million | +53.4% |
| 1999 | 11.08 million | +2.0% |
| 2000 | 11.23 million | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 11.33 million | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 11.48 million | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 11.65 million | +1.6% |
| 2004 | 11.80 million | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 12.22 million | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 12.33 million | +0.9% |
| 2007 | 12.43 million | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 12.46 million | +0.3% |
| 2009 | 12.54 million | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 12.52 million | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 12.67 million | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 12.82 million | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 12.88 million | +0.5% |
| 2014 | 12.97 million | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 13.06 million | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 13.11 million | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 13.13 million | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 12.98 million | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 13.00 million | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 13.03 million | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 13.09 million | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 13.08 million | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 13.00 million | -0.7% |
| 2024 | 12.68 million | -2.5% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where School age population, upper secondary education, female (number) in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +53.4% | 7.08 million | 10.86 million |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 4.80 million | 4.27 million | 5.27 million | 10 |
| 1980s | 5.59 million | 5.29 million | 6.07 million | 10 |
| 1990s | 7.39 million | 6.20 million | 11.08 million | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.95 million | 11.23 million | 12.54 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 12.91 million | 12.52 million | 13.13 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 12.97 million | 12.68 million | 13.09 million | 5 |
Countries ranked near ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- 130 Guinea-Bissau 74,119 compare
- 131 Georgia 73,835 compare
- 132 Costa Rica 73,157 compare
- 133 Ireland 70,005 compare
- 134 Uruguay 69,291 compare
- 135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 62,093 compare
- 136 Oman 60,767 compare
More education data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.1447 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 20.66 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate -0.1654 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 20.10 million (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 1.22 % change on previous year (2020)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 1.65 million (2020)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.8137 % change on previous year (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 22.06 million (2021)
- Enrolment in primary education, male (number), gaps filled 23.90 million (2021)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.4483 % change on previous year (2024)
All data for ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is school age population, upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- School age population, upper secondary education, female in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) was 12.68 million in 2024, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest school age population, upper secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The highest recorded value was 13.13 million in 2017.
- What is the lowest school age population, upper secondary education, female recorded in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- The lowest recorded value was 4.27 million in 1970.
- How does ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) rank for school age population, upper secondary education, female?
- ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) ranks 133rd out of 221 groups with data for 2024.
- Is school age population, upper secondary education, female rising or falling in ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ESCAP: Countries With Special Needs (csn) (unsdcode:98434) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of School age population, upper secondary education, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release